GitHub faces a fight for its survival at Microsoft
…GitHub rushed to fix a critical vulnerability in less than six hours in March, after Wiz Research used AI models to uncover a vulnerability in GitHub’s internal git infrastructure that could…
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Notepad Notepad uncovers the secrets and strategy behind Microsoft’s era-defining bets on AI, gaming, and computing. Each week, The Verge’s Tom Warren will publish influential scoops, insightful interviews, and…
Android 17 arrives on Pixel phones today
…Not every feature announced alongside the OS at the pre-I/O Android Show is available today, though. Android 17 itself is arriving on Pixel phones today, and Google says other manufacturers…
OpenAI’s updated image generator can now pull information from the web
…of its AI-powered image generator with new “thinking capabilities,” allowing it to search the web to help it create multiple images from a single prompt. On Tuesday, OpenAI announced that ChatGPT…
Apple is embracing the fantasy of AI photo editing
…At WWDC 2026, the company announced a host of new AI-powered photo editing tools. They give users effortless powers of manipulating images that Apple still refers to as “photos.” Two…
Intel’s first handheld gaming chip is the Arc G3, and this Acer is using it
…the leaked MSI Claw 8 EX AI Plus, the just-announced OneXPlayer 3 with detachable controllers coming in June, and the just-announced Acer Predator Atlas 8 — which just might wind up…
Microsoft starts canceling Claude Code licenses
…Microsoft quickly became one of Anthropic’s top customers earlier this year and has even reportedly been counting selling Anthropic AI models toward its own Azure sales quotas. Microsoft also signed a…
Ride-sharing
…In its press release, Uber said : “The announcement reinforces a shared ambition to scale safe, intelligent autonomous mobility globally, by combining Wayve’s AI technology, Nissan’s cutting-edge vehicles and Uber…
Electric Cars
…NHTSA Administrator Jonathan Morrison said that the Model Y demonstrated “lifesaving potential of driver assistance technologies and sets a high bar for the industry.” Trump’s Transportation Department Announces Tesla Model Y…
Mercedes-Benz
…MBUX Virtual Assistant was announced at CES 2024, not 2025. Google Cloud’s Automotive AI Agent arrives for Mercedes-Benz [ Google ] Mercedes-Benz EV owners can start using Tesla Superchargers in February…